Animal fats. 6. The component acids of tiger fat and of puma fat
- 1 March 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 59 (3), 455-458
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0590455
Abstract
Specimens of fat from a tiger and a puma kept in captivity were examined. They are more unsaturated than specimens previously reported from wild animals of the same species. These differences are probably related to differences of diet.Keywords
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